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Last Active 12-03-22 11:37 pm
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| Contenders for My 3000th Rating
I've got ten ratings to go to reach 3000 on this site. Nine of them were posted on my list last night. I received five recommendations for # 3000. In a couple of days, I'll use a random number generator to see which of these will be #3000. (But as a courtesy to the Users who gave me recs, I'll rate all five albums, even if only one of them can be #3000.) | | 1 |  | The Monochrome Set
Strange Boutique
Rec'd by Sandwich Bubble.
1980 - Post Punk/Indie Pop/Indie Rock
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R8EbxDmFjjM&list=PL80sB599QrS79vxpqN_wwsI2mjtQS4Am5
Kind of cool album. I'm surprised that not only had I never heard of these guys, but neither had my wife, especially since their history is kind of entwined with that of Adam Ant. 3.0 | | 2 |  | Godcaster
Long Haired Locusts
Rec'd by robertsona
2020 - Folk/Rock/Experimental
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rOVNTBOaej0&list=OLAK5uy_nVJHy5L3lfClb02Nopr6iDiU40IFeVatI
Thanks for the rec, but this one definitely wasn't for me. The musicianship is good, but the music is very busy, and what I especially don't like is it's very stop-and-start. (The guitar is also fairly funky, which isn't really my taste.) And I'm not a fan of the vocals either. So this one is a thanks-but-no-thanks. 2.0 | | 3 |  | Crippled Black Phoenix
Ellengaest
Rec'd by Dewinged
2020 - Post Rock/Progressive Rock/Stoner Rock
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NSHkQICpeng
I liked it. I liked the male vocalist, the songs and the musical arrangements. About the only negative is I wasn't all that fond of the female vocalist. This is unusual for me, but there you have it. Still, a strong LP. 3.5 | | 4 |  | Unleashing My Demons
Tran(ce)scen(e)dance
Rec'd by Sniff
2014 - Trance/Metalcore/Post Hardcore
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLZgJFBdbL9gMnMaExfNhwIuroj1smiuEV
Ho boy. I really wanted to give this a better mark than everybody else did. (And I guess I kind of did, since the overwhelming majority gave it a 1.) When the music first kicks in, I thought, "This isn't so bad." But then the vocals kicked in. The dirty singer sounds uncomfortably like Cookie Monster, and the clean singer is not only off key with his wispy little voice, he's usually out of time with the music as well. Even the synthesist loses his timing now and then. I wish this was a put up job, but I have a feeling these kids are really trying. 1.5 for the effort, and for the times when the synthesist isn't out of time. | | 5 |  | Malfet
The Way to Avalon
Rec'd by AsleepInTheBack
2019 - Ambient/Experimental/Electronic
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lNx3C-bRIms&list=OLAK5uy_kogIdsAR9IlKD_7Qtw10znVOJkdKduEig
This is an album of really nice dungeon synth that sounds like it belongs in either Arthurian legend (hence, "The Way to Avalon") or a Lord of the Rings movie. Might be my favorite of them all. 3.5 | |
Divaman
10.15.20 | Hmm. I see that #4 has an average rating of 1.1, so I guess that was a torture rec? Anyway, an interesting and diverse bunch. | Dewinged
10.15.20 | Nice! My rec made it! CBP are not much of a stoner band though, instead this record has a slight goth vibe. | Divaman
10.15.20 | It'll probably take me a week or more to work my way through the other nine before I get to this group. Guess I'll be figuring your rec and robertsona's rec in as album of the year contenders too, since they're both 2020 albums. | Dewinged
10.15.20 | It is in my case yeah, first 5 I gave this year! | Divaman
10.15.20 | Cool. | Divaman
10.24.20 | And, as I now have 2,999 ratings completed, it's time. Using my number randomizer (https://search.yahoo.com/search?p=number+randomizer+1-5&fr=yfp-t-s&ei=UTF-8&fp=1), I come up with the number: 3!
Congrats Dewinged. My 3,000th rating will be for your pick, Ellengaest by Crippled Black Phoenix. I'm looking forward to it.
But I will rate all five of the recs you fine folks were kind enough to give me. Dewi's just goes first. | Divaman
10.30.20 | Ratings updated and completed. Thank you all for your recs. |
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